Innate B cells: oxymoron or validated concept?
B lymphocytes promote the initial innate interferon response to viral pathogens without the need for antigen receptor activation. B cell dependent IFN production requires the cytokine, lymphotoxin-β. The LTβ pathway is well known to regulate lymphoid organogenesis and homeostasis by differentiating...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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F1000Research
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751138/ |